Quarts to Gallons
Convert quarts (qt) to gallons (gal). Both measure capacity and volume, and the conversion comes up in cooking, chemistry, fuel work.
The Formula
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gallons = quarts × 0.25
quarts = gallons × 4
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One quart is 0.25 gallons, and one gallon is 4 quarts.
Conversion Table
| Quarts | Gallons |
|---|---|
| 1 qt | 0.25 gal |
| 2 qt | 0.5 gal |
| 5 qt | 1.25 gal |
| 10 qt | 2.5 gal |
| 25 qt | 6.25 gal |
| 50 qt | 12.5 gal |
| 100 qt | 25 gal |
| 500 qt | 125 gal |
| 1,000 qt | 250 gal |
The Other Direction
| Gallons | Quarts |
|---|---|
| 1 gal | 4 qt |
| 2 gal | 8 qt |
| 5 gal | 20 qt |
| 10 gal | 40 qt |
| 25 gal | 100 qt |
| 50 gal | 200 qt |
| 100 gal | 400 qt |
| 500 gal | 2,000 qt |
| 1,000 gal | 4,000 qt |
What Each Unit Is
Quarts (qt) — a quarter of a US gallon, or 0.946352946 litres. From the Latin quartus, a fourth part of a gallon.
Gallons (gal) — the US liquid gallon: exactly 3.785411784 litres. The English wine gallon of 231 cubic inches, kept by the US after Britain moved on in 1824.
A Sense of Scale
A US quart is just under a litre- Ice cream is sold by the quart
- A quart is two pints
- A US milk jug is 1 gallon
- A car tank is 12–16 gallons
- US fuel economy is miles per gallon
Precision
The factor 0.25 is exact by international agreement, not a rounded approximation. Any imprecision in a result comes from your input, not the conversion.
Watch Out For
- The UK imperial gallon is 4.546 litres — 20% larger. A "gallon" without a country attached is ambiguous, and US MPG figures look worse when read as imperial.
In Code
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const quartToGallon = (value) => value * 0.25;
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Where This Conversion Comes Up
- Cooking
- Chemistry
- Fuel
- Beverages
- Medicine
How Many Decimals Do You Need?
Rounding the factor costs accuracy, and how much depends on the factor. Converting 137 qt with the factor truncated at each decimal place:
| Decimals kept | Factor | 137 qt becomes | Error |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0000% |
| 1 | 0.3 | 41.1 | 20.0000% |
| 2 | 0.25 | 34.25 | — |
| 3 | 0.25 | 34.25 | — |
| 4 | 0.25 | 34.25 | — |
The right number of significant figures is set by your input, not by the converter. If you measured quarts to three significant figures, the answer in gallons is only good to three — writing more digits claims precision the measurement never had.